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DOE expands partnership with industry to advance next-generation automotive technologies, adds Tesla and EPRI as members: US DRIVE

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The announcement of US DRIVE marks the addition of two new members that bring additional focus on electric-drive vehicle technologies to the partnership: the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Tesla Motors. Energy industry: BP America, Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Corporation, and Shell Oil Products US.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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A decade later, in the 2010s, the battery EV began an astounding reversal of fortune, thanks in no small part to the engineers at ACP, whose electric-drive technology informed the development of the Roadster, the car that launched Tesla Motors. And the auto industry had just canceled the battery EV.

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Daimler, Evonik Automotive Li-ion JV to Build Factory This Fall in Kamenz; Application in Mercedes Vehicles from 2012

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Deutsche Accumotive—our joint venture with Evonik—is an important resource for the auto industry, to develop, produce and also distribute [these batteries] to third parties. Even in a few years, therefore, many vehicles will have these “Made in Germany” energy storage systems on board. kWh/kg, and a power density of 1.3

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The turning point came when tiny Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley start-up, announced in 2006 that it would produce a speedy electric sports car powered by those same laptop batteries. Lutz believes there will be rapid battery development over the next three to four years that will provide more energy storage.

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